Got up early with GT this morning, and we pumped out 500 jump ropes. GT's getting pretty good at jump rope now, and really picking up the pace. I'm surprised how quickly she can finish the sets, but think it's really good work on her part. Will hopefully make it less painful going forward!
After finishing jump rope with GT, headed over to do some rope jumping with Yeeman, as we were talking about different skipping techniques, and how she was running out of breath quite quickly. Yeeman has superb skipping technique, but jumps with both feet, which I find very tiring. I find easier to hop from foot-to-foot. We did our 15 minutes of skipping - the last few minutes we just spend jogging on the spot, as quickly as we would've skipped. Light exercise which can be done consistently, but enough to break out a light sweat if done over 5-10 minutes. Weather in Hong Kong was warm earlier this week, but it's cooled down in the past few days which has made it really pleasant to do early morning exercise.
So tomorrow's the real deal with more exercise and new diet! I'm so thankful that our cycles start on Fridays, which give us Friday evening to adjust in case we don't have enough time on the morning, and I'm doubly thankful that tomorrow is a public holiday so we can work on sorting out the food too!
Ditto with TGIF!
ReplyDeleteWow I envy your skipping prowess - I'm still having troubles with it. I also run out of breathe quite quickly. Keep up the awesome work!
I used the following site to adjust the size of my rope:
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It made a big difference for me as my rope was too long initially. I now find that I can do up to 100 jumps before it gets caught up in my feet. This I assume will get even better over time as I get into better shape.
Let me know if this makes a difference for you!
Thanks wei for coming over and giving me the jumprope tutorial! I am very determined to get the hang of it hehe.
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